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Middle East EyeA high-ranking member of Libya's Tripoli-based parliament the General National Congress has denied that his body was behind a fresh peace deal, saying that the initiative did not represent the GNC.…

The VergeThis year, in lieu of the traditional Best Of Lists, we thought it would be fun to throw our writers into a draft together and have a conversation. This time, Ross Miller and Lizzie Plaugic discuss how streaming platforms…

AFPGermany took in almost 1.1 million asylum-seekers this year, an all-time record and five times last year's total, a newspaper reported Wednesday citing unpublished official figures.Monthly arrivals for all of December reached…

BBC World News Government forces are battling rebels for control of a strategically important town in southern Syria. An army statement said troops and militiamen were advancing into Sheikh Miskeen on several fronts and had reached…

Libyan NewsThe Prime Minister of the National Salvation Government (Tripoli-based government) issued a resolution state the dismissal of the Head of Misurata's Municipal Council, Mohamed Shtewwi, for administrative violations.…

Libyan NewsThe Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Martin Kobler, will arrive in the eastern city of Tobruk on Thursday to have consultations with the speaker of the Tobruk-based parliament (HoR),…

Libyan NewsThe Chairman of the General National Congress (GNC) held a meeting last night with the Mayor of Benghazi, in addition to several Benghazi elders, political activists, and senior members of Benghazi Crisis Committee, where…

The IndependentMore than a million refugees have reached Europe so far this year by sea alone as migration continues on a scale not seen since the Second World War.The vast majority were packed into flimsy dinghys sent from…

Libyan NewsThe United Nations envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, met The Omani Foreign Minister, Youssef Bin Alawi Tuesday in Muscat and discussed the latest about the Libya status quo as well as the efforts of the UN envoy with the…

Libyan NewsThe Libyan Elders Council Secretary General, Ayoub Al-Shara, affirmed Tuesday the release of three Tunisian female prisoners from Libyan prisons following an order from Libya’s General Attorney office.Meanwhile, civil…